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CommentAugust blues
The pleasure of rowing your own little boat in the modern construction industry is offset by the knowledge that you are at the mercy of a big, cruel sea
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FeaturesLet us pay your way
We take a look at construction degree course sponsorship – one of the best ways of avoiding a mountainous student debt
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Back to school
Returning to university to study for an MBA is one of the best ways to increase your earning potential. We look at the options available
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Appointments
ContractorEssex-based City & Country Construction has promoted Peter Heath (right) to construction director. He replaces Tom Higgins, who has retired after 11 years in the position.HousebuildersCala Homes (Yorkshire) has appointed Claire Daniel materials buyer.Paul Owen has been made technical manager of Warwickshire-based Chase Homes.Cambridgeshire-based Twigden Homeshas appointed Olga Hagan sales ...
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FeaturesWalking in Lucinda’s wonderland
Come with us on a journey past the 6 ft high green rabbit and the shrine to Prickle, Hops and Florence to this couch, where we will sit by Rastus and Roy Rogers while we discuss English heritage with the sublime Lucinda Lambton – part broadcaster, part eccentric and part ...
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FeaturesIn the woods, today
Celebrated Swedish architect Gert Wingårdh has designed his own holiday home in a southern Swedish glade – and it’s more or less perfect.
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CommentThe devil’s due
The Construction Act’s rules on payment have a basic flaw: they don’t contain a mechanism that enables a debt to crystallise by a certain date. So, time for a rethink …
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Mrs Bingham’s lament
Some clever people have come up with easy-to-use framework contracts that just might cut disputes. So where will our household clothing budget come from?
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Don’t fall for Redmond’s wind-up
So, John Redmond reckons the nuclear option is a good way to make reluctant (or broke) payers cough up, does he? Well, just remember it can easily backfire …
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When in Benghazi …
English may be becoming the lingua franca of international commerce but don’t make the mistake of thinking that construction law is the same everywhere
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Peter the portly puss
Your readers may be interested to know that Peter Lobban, the chief executive of the Construction Industry Training Board has a salary of £214,775.
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Paying for a faulty system
Last week’s editorial on construction’s payment problems (13 August, page 3) leads one to the conclusion that when the chips were down the provisions of the Construction Act were found to be ineffective.
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The last of the tradesmen
I started working as a joiner in the 1970s and you could say my age group (40-year-olds) were the last of the tradesmen to be brought through a real apprenticeship. This should have enabled us, now that some of us are in managerial positions, to pass on our expertise to ...
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Safety’s come a long way
There has probably been more progress in the area of improvements in construction site safety and attitudes to training over the past 18 months than at any time in recent years.
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Phone a fraud squad
What the industry needs is a hotline to report bogus companies that the Inland Revenue actually takes notice of!
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Credit where it’s due
It is a great disappointment to find that such an excellent article dealing with the Hyde Housing Association prefabricated flat development (6 August, page 38) failed to mention the approved inspector for Building Regulations or the important role played by the staff of our central London office.